Recent content by Dennhop

Why are you (the higher certified individual on scene) not getting called to the carpet for allowing your partner to perform an onscene c section? It's not like he could have done it faster than you could have caught on. Sorry, not really in the scope of the assignment I guess, my mind just...

Duh...the heart starts to stop working.:D:D:D

Please tell me you're joking. Did you really give a new EMT (and quite possibly a younger individual) the advise to deal with a stressful situation with alcohol? That's just some great advice there. Regardless of how we may deal with it personally, telling someone to drown their memories in...

Ditch the stupid polos and let us go to t shirts...it's way too hot in the summer in polos here

So my question is if according to heartland, that this is not considered an assault or former assault, then what is? You have an individual who is not functioning at a full mental state who assaults an EMT and injures them. Im not saying anyone should press charges, but how is that different...

It is a 1911 9mm. With a 3lb competition trigger. It's a blast to shoot

Two guns...they were my dad's, he just recently passed away. My brother and I went through his collection, these are two of the ones I got. The first is a sig p229 scorpion The second is a Dan Wesson pm9

On our budget, even the YMCA is out of our cost range, and no other access to pools

Anyone else start running after years of not due to an injury? Tore two ligaments in 2011 in my left ankle. Surgery fixed that, but had major issues with the location of the talus in regards to the tibula. Basically, it felt like when I would try to pull my foot up or impacted on the foot, it...

In this case it was me saying the dumb crap... New EMT, only been on the streets for a month, at best. Giving report to triage nurse at the hospital for a bls patient, misspoke and said irregular heartbeat on the monitor (it was on the pulse ox) as well as manually. They triaged pt straight...

My wife hears the goofy stories, the good ones and the bad ones...other than that mostly just tell the stories to coworkers when at work. Outside of work, I prefer to talk about other stuff...my hobbies, etc. I don't live breathe and sleep EMS. I do mostly enjoy what I'm doing (except the...

As a veteran, I want to thank the above posters for their insight...I try to remind people and gently correct them if they are thanking me for my service on Memorial Day. As veterans still living, our day is on Veterans day. Memorial Day is for those who never came back, or who have served and...

ESS makes inserts for their safety glasses that function well. Used them for a year in Iraq, before I had PRK done, and never had any issues with them sitting too close to my eyes or rubbing weird

What they said... Also, depending on where in Indiana you're working, you also have to take into consideration that if it was discovered that you provided ALS interventions prior to on duty EMS arriving on scene, it WILL be annotated. Our EPCR has tabs for meds/treatments provided prior to EMS...

Don't ever be afraid to ask your partner for advice/help...if you can't get a B/P, or something seems weird for some reason, or you're just not sure, ask. Driving emergent does not mean you need to run 80mph down city streets. Imagine driving with your dog in the back seat...do you really...